DISCLAIMER: FOR ALL PREVIOUS AND ALL FOLLOWING CHAPTERS, I DO NOT OWN ANY
OF EVERWOODS CHARACTERS, ONLY THE CHARACTER OF HAYDEN MACLEOD.
Chapter 10
Two weeks had past since Ephram and Delia had been going to Hayden's after school.
Everyday, Ephram would practice on one thing or the other that Hayden had planned out for him.
Sometimes her methods were strange, but they always got the result she wanted.
While he practiced, Hayden and Delia would do usually homework first, and then Hayden always
had something planned out for them to do. Sometimes they would make things, or draw, paint or
ever color. Delia always looked forward to going because she never knew what she would do
next.
Every night, Andy would come and pick them up usually around six. He came in and Delia would
show him what she had done that day, and sometimes, he would catch Ephram playing, and
would listen.
Now it was Friday, and Hayden had asked Andy to stay for dinner when he came to pick the kids
up, and he had agreed. As Ephram played, Delia helped her make dinner. "Hayden, can I ask
you something?" Delia said as she mixed the ingredients of a cake Hayden had measured for her
together. "Sure, Delia, what is it?" Hayden asked, as she turned to stir the pasta for the lasagna
they were making. "Do you like my dad?" For a moment, Hayden was stunned. It had been a
question she hadn't expected, but should have known it was coming. "Sure I like you Dad, we've
become friends." Hayden said, hoping that would take care of things, but she was wrong.
"Oh, is that all." Delia said, disappointment in a tone. "I thought maybe you liked him as a boy
friend. You guys seem to like to talk a lot, and I just kind of liked the idea."
Hayden had to smile, Delia looked so down hearted over it. "Come on now, Delia, I've only
known your dad for two weeks, and the only time we talk is when he comes by to pick you guys
up." Even as she spoke the words, Hayden thought about the way she felt when Andy touched
her. Even when he had just been the doctor looking at her leg, she had felt something from this
man, something she had not ventured into in a long time.
"Well," Delia said, stopping what she was doing to look at Hayden, "maybe you should think about
it." She smiled. "Delia." Hayden said, then they both laughed.
"What's so funny?" Ephram asked as he came into the kitchen. "Nothing." They both said
together, which caused more laughter.
Ephram just stood there. I'm finished with that, can I help in here?" he asked. Hayden smiled at
him. "You can go to the cellar and get a bottle of wine for me." She said. "Sure, I can do that."
He said. "Good." She said as she opened the door that went to the cellar. "Now, first off, be
careful, it's dusty down there. Second, make sure you get a red wine, and you can pick the year."
She smiled, trusting him to choose. "I don't know anything about wine." He said. "That's okay, I
trust you. The red are of the right side of the wall, just pick the one you think sounds the best."
"Ok." He said, and disappeared into the darkness.
(Dr. Brown's office)
"Doc?" Edna called as she entered Andy's office. "Yes, Edna, what is it?" Andy asked as he
looked up from the papers on his desk.
"It's getting late, and I'm shoving off. Don't you have a dinner to get to?"
Looking at his watch, Andy hadn't realized it was so late. "Shoot! I was supposed to be there a
half hour ago." He said getting to his feet.
"Slow down, it won't matter how late you are if you get in too big of a hurry and have a wreck."
Edna spoke to him as if he was her own son. "Call, tell them you're running late, but you're on
your way. Oh, never mind, you go on, I'll call." And with those words, Andy kissed Edna on the
check, "Thanks." He said, and then he was gone, leaving Edna shaking her head as she picked
up the phone to call Hayden.
"How's this one?" Ephram called as he reached the top of the cellar stairs. The bottle was dusty,
and Hayden rubbed the dishtowel she had thrown over her shoulder across the label. Reading it,
Hayden smiled, "You, sir, have excellent taste. A 1945 Chateau Margaux, a very old French
wine, and expensive. It's perfect." Ephram smiled back at her, "Really, I did good? You said it
was expensive, how much we talking about?" he had to ask. "Well," she started as she wiped to
bottle clean and placed it into the refrigerator to chill. "If you were to go out and buy this, that is if
you could find it, it would cost oh, around five thousand dollars." Ephram's eyes widen. "Are you
serious?" Hayden smiled, "Yes, very serious. Now, go and wash up, and you can set the table
for me, your dad will be her soon."
The table was set, and the wine chilled, but Andy wasn't here. Hayden was getting a little
worried. She had planned it where Ephram could play his latest piece for Andy before dinner was
ready, but now that would be impossible. "Where's dad?" Delia asked as she helped Hayden
with the salad bowls. "Ephram, why don't you call and see what's keeping him." "Sure." He said
as he walked towards the phone, jumping as it rang. "You want me to answer it?' "Please."
Hayden nodded. After a few moments, Ephram hung up the receiver. "That was Edna, Dad's on
his way, he left about 5 minutes ago." "Good, that's will make him getting her just in time."
Hayden smiled, turning to turn off the oven.
"I'm sorry I'm late." Andy said as he stepped into the door Hayden held open for him. "It's okay,
we were getting worried." "I got caught in some paper work, I didn't realize the time. Is dinner
cold?" "No, you're just in time." She smiled, "Go wash."
Joining them at the table, Andy was surprised to see a full course meal, and a bottle of wine.
"Wow, this looks great." He said. "You may do the honors." Hayden said handing him the bottle
of wine Ephram had chosen from the cellar. "Very nice, but expensive, how did you get hold of
this?" he asked, looking at the label then to Hayden. She smiled, "Ephram chose the wine, and if
you must know, it came from the cellar." "You didn't help him with this?" "No, I sent him to the
cellar, told him red, and said choose. I was very impressed myself." "You have a wine cellar
here?' "That's pretty obvious since I don't think you can buy that particular bottle of wine here in
Everwood, or even Denver for that matter." "I'd like to look at this cellar sometime." Andy smiled
pouring the wine into the glasses that had been put on the table, pausing as he finished with
Hayden's glass. "Go ahead, give them both some wine." Hayden said, reaching for the glasses
that had been set for Ephram and Delia. "A little with dinner will not hurt either of them, and
besides, it's good for them." Andy looked as Hayden for a long moment, then smiled, "Okay, but
just a little."
After dinner Hayden had Ephram play for Andy, who enjoyed hearing it. "Ok, now you can go
and watch that movie." She said, and both Delia and Ephram smiled, and left the room.
"And as for you, I'll show you that cellar." Hayden smiled as she got to her feet and led Andy to
the wine cellar.
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AN: sorry it has been so long since I updated, but I had a block, but now it back on track, and I
am already working on the next chapter. Thanks for the reviews, and keep sending them.
OF EVERWOODS CHARACTERS, ONLY THE CHARACTER OF HAYDEN MACLEOD.
Chapter 10
Two weeks had past since Ephram and Delia had been going to Hayden's after school.
Everyday, Ephram would practice on one thing or the other that Hayden had planned out for him.
Sometimes her methods were strange, but they always got the result she wanted.
While he practiced, Hayden and Delia would do usually homework first, and then Hayden always
had something planned out for them to do. Sometimes they would make things, or draw, paint or
ever color. Delia always looked forward to going because she never knew what she would do
next.
Every night, Andy would come and pick them up usually around six. He came in and Delia would
show him what she had done that day, and sometimes, he would catch Ephram playing, and
would listen.
Now it was Friday, and Hayden had asked Andy to stay for dinner when he came to pick the kids
up, and he had agreed. As Ephram played, Delia helped her make dinner. "Hayden, can I ask
you something?" Delia said as she mixed the ingredients of a cake Hayden had measured for her
together. "Sure, Delia, what is it?" Hayden asked, as she turned to stir the pasta for the lasagna
they were making. "Do you like my dad?" For a moment, Hayden was stunned. It had been a
question she hadn't expected, but should have known it was coming. "Sure I like you Dad, we've
become friends." Hayden said, hoping that would take care of things, but she was wrong.
"Oh, is that all." Delia said, disappointment in a tone. "I thought maybe you liked him as a boy
friend. You guys seem to like to talk a lot, and I just kind of liked the idea."
Hayden had to smile, Delia looked so down hearted over it. "Come on now, Delia, I've only
known your dad for two weeks, and the only time we talk is when he comes by to pick you guys
up." Even as she spoke the words, Hayden thought about the way she felt when Andy touched
her. Even when he had just been the doctor looking at her leg, she had felt something from this
man, something she had not ventured into in a long time.
"Well," Delia said, stopping what she was doing to look at Hayden, "maybe you should think about
it." She smiled. "Delia." Hayden said, then they both laughed.
"What's so funny?" Ephram asked as he came into the kitchen. "Nothing." They both said
together, which caused more laughter.
Ephram just stood there. I'm finished with that, can I help in here?" he asked. Hayden smiled at
him. "You can go to the cellar and get a bottle of wine for me." She said. "Sure, I can do that."
He said. "Good." She said as she opened the door that went to the cellar. "Now, first off, be
careful, it's dusty down there. Second, make sure you get a red wine, and you can pick the year."
She smiled, trusting him to choose. "I don't know anything about wine." He said. "That's okay, I
trust you. The red are of the right side of the wall, just pick the one you think sounds the best."
"Ok." He said, and disappeared into the darkness.
(Dr. Brown's office)
"Doc?" Edna called as she entered Andy's office. "Yes, Edna, what is it?" Andy asked as he
looked up from the papers on his desk.
"It's getting late, and I'm shoving off. Don't you have a dinner to get to?"
Looking at his watch, Andy hadn't realized it was so late. "Shoot! I was supposed to be there a
half hour ago." He said getting to his feet.
"Slow down, it won't matter how late you are if you get in too big of a hurry and have a wreck."
Edna spoke to him as if he was her own son. "Call, tell them you're running late, but you're on
your way. Oh, never mind, you go on, I'll call." And with those words, Andy kissed Edna on the
check, "Thanks." He said, and then he was gone, leaving Edna shaking her head as she picked
up the phone to call Hayden.
"How's this one?" Ephram called as he reached the top of the cellar stairs. The bottle was dusty,
and Hayden rubbed the dishtowel she had thrown over her shoulder across the label. Reading it,
Hayden smiled, "You, sir, have excellent taste. A 1945 Chateau Margaux, a very old French
wine, and expensive. It's perfect." Ephram smiled back at her, "Really, I did good? You said it
was expensive, how much we talking about?" he had to ask. "Well," she started as she wiped to
bottle clean and placed it into the refrigerator to chill. "If you were to go out and buy this, that is if
you could find it, it would cost oh, around five thousand dollars." Ephram's eyes widen. "Are you
serious?" Hayden smiled, "Yes, very serious. Now, go and wash up, and you can set the table
for me, your dad will be her soon."
The table was set, and the wine chilled, but Andy wasn't here. Hayden was getting a little
worried. She had planned it where Ephram could play his latest piece for Andy before dinner was
ready, but now that would be impossible. "Where's dad?" Delia asked as she helped Hayden
with the salad bowls. "Ephram, why don't you call and see what's keeping him." "Sure." He said
as he walked towards the phone, jumping as it rang. "You want me to answer it?' "Please."
Hayden nodded. After a few moments, Ephram hung up the receiver. "That was Edna, Dad's on
his way, he left about 5 minutes ago." "Good, that's will make him getting her just in time."
Hayden smiled, turning to turn off the oven.
"I'm sorry I'm late." Andy said as he stepped into the door Hayden held open for him. "It's okay,
we were getting worried." "I got caught in some paper work, I didn't realize the time. Is dinner
cold?" "No, you're just in time." She smiled, "Go wash."
Joining them at the table, Andy was surprised to see a full course meal, and a bottle of wine.
"Wow, this looks great." He said. "You may do the honors." Hayden said handing him the bottle
of wine Ephram had chosen from the cellar. "Very nice, but expensive, how did you get hold of
this?" he asked, looking at the label then to Hayden. She smiled, "Ephram chose the wine, and if
you must know, it came from the cellar." "You didn't help him with this?" "No, I sent him to the
cellar, told him red, and said choose. I was very impressed myself." "You have a wine cellar
here?' "That's pretty obvious since I don't think you can buy that particular bottle of wine here in
Everwood, or even Denver for that matter." "I'd like to look at this cellar sometime." Andy smiled
pouring the wine into the glasses that had been put on the table, pausing as he finished with
Hayden's glass. "Go ahead, give them both some wine." Hayden said, reaching for the glasses
that had been set for Ephram and Delia. "A little with dinner will not hurt either of them, and
besides, it's good for them." Andy looked as Hayden for a long moment, then smiled, "Okay, but
just a little."
After dinner Hayden had Ephram play for Andy, who enjoyed hearing it. "Ok, now you can go
and watch that movie." She said, and both Delia and Ephram smiled, and left the room.
"And as for you, I'll show you that cellar." Hayden smiled as she got to her feet and led Andy to
the wine cellar.
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AN: sorry it has been so long since I updated, but I had a block, but now it back on track, and I
am already working on the next chapter. Thanks for the reviews, and keep sending them.